March 13, 2022 By Clarice Feldman
It’s a weird feeling, watching the globe-wide death of reason and the
herdlike behavior of virtue-signaling nincompoops. There’s so much of
this it’s hard to know where to begin. This is not intended to be a
complete list, which would take too many pages, just an illustration of
what I mean.
Suddenly, as the preposterous mandates supposedly designed to stop the
spread of the Wuhan virus begin to lift, the herd, bereft at the
widespread mask-dumping, seems to have latched onto the Russian invasion
of Ukraine to prove to us how moral they are. Now, it’s perfectly
understandable to be appalled at the destruction. Contributing to relief
efforts, for example,
is one rational humanitarian response. But the reaction in many
quarters is patently absurd.
One of the greatest opera stars, Russian
Anna Netrebko, has withdrawn her scheduled performances
at the Metropolitan Opera after the General Manager announced,” we can
no longer engage with artists or institutions that support Putin or are
supported by him -- not until the invasion and killing has been stopped,
order has been restored, and restitutions have been made.” Unless she
planned to drive a tank to Kiev or to revise the planned operas to sing
the praises of Putin, whatever was the point of this?.......... To Read More
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